George SIMKIN b. 1798 Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, son of Thomas SIMKIN and Ruth HOWE according to the IGI. He was first married in 1816 at Wickhambrook, Suffolk to Mary HONEYBALL b. 1787. Mary SIMKIN died in England in 1838 and George had a second marriage in England in 1849 to Martha "Eliza" STUBBING. George & Eliza SIMKIN and some of their childrem emigrated in 1852 and arrived at Portland, to Victoria, Australia in 1853 on the "Anne Milne" and others emigrated in 1854 on the "Shand" arriving at Portland in January 1855. George SIMKIN died at Digby in 1875 and his second wife Maria died there in 1895 and they are both buried in the Digby cemetery.

George SIMKIN & Mary HONEYBALL had the following children:

George SIMKIN b. 1816, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England;

Mary SIMKIN b. 1820 England, m. Robert ARGENT;

Eliza SIMKIN b. 1823 England, m. John DISS;

John SIMKIN b. 1826 England, d, 1826, England;

John SIMKIN b. 1827, Cambridgeshire, England married 1850 Cambridgeshire to Sarah Ann WHYE b. 1826 Cambridgeshire, England. John & Sarah arrived at Portland Bay on the "Ann Milne" in January 1853. They had 5 children at Digby where Sarah died in 1906 and John in 1914, with both buried in the Digby cemetery.John SIMKIN & Sarah Anne WHYE had the following children:

1870 - H. SIMKIN listed as Chief Ranger for Court Perseverance No 3319, Ancient Order of Foresters at Digby.

George SIMKIN 1798-1875 & Martha Eiza STUBBING 1818-1895

George's first wife died and in 1838 in Cambridgeshire, England and he next married Martha Eliza STUBBING b. 1818 Surrey, England and they had the following children:

George Lynton SIMKIN b. 1848 Cambridgeshire, England, m. 1875, Victoria to Mary Elizabeth Sutton THOMAS, b. 1852, Devonshire, England, daughter of Walter Daniel THOMAS & Anna Maria SUTTON. George Lynton SIMKIN emigrated on the "Shand" and arrived at Portland Bay in January 1855 and Mary THOMAS emigrated with her family on the "Cairngorm" and arrived at Portland Bay in September 1855.George Lynton SIMKIN and Mary THOMAS had the following family...